GENERAL JIM JONES (USMC, RET.), NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
LISA BLOOM, “LISA BLOOM: IN COURT” HOST
SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CALIF.
JAMES CARVILLE, CNN CONTRIBUTOR
WILL LEITCH, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
[*] KING: Im John King, and this is “State of the Union.”
FORMER GOV. MITT ROMNEY, R-MASS.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I have determined that it is in our vital national interests to send an [...]
Forget the ads, debates and endorsements.
A strong field operation, key in any major campaign, is all the more critical given the odd timing of the Massachusetts primary in early December and the fact that there are no other races on the ballot.
Come Tuesday, the only thing that matters for the candidates vying for the late [...]
Pope Benedict XVI has told world leaders attending the climate summit in Copenhagen that caring for God’s creation requires they adopt sober and responsible lifestyles.
The Vatican, which has U.N. observer status, is sending a delegation to Copenhagen.
Benedict said Sunday he hoped the meeting, which opens Monday, would outline actions that respect creation and promote development [...]
The Obama administration is on guard against an Al-Qaeda buildup in Yemen and Somalia as it expects the militants to seek refuge there as Washington turns the screws on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“Where Al-Qaeda and its allies attempt to establish a foothold — whether in Somalia or Yemen or elsewhere — they must be confronted by [...]
SPEAKERS: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT M. GATES
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
STEPHANOPOULOS (voice over): This week…
OBAMA: After 18, months, our troops will begin to come home.
You should get the same health insurance deal that members of Congress get.
In some cases, benefits under the House and Senate health care bills look like a better deal than what’s available through the federal health plan, particularly for low-paid, entry-level workers and their families. Others, such as 50-year-olds, come out ahead in the government [...]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for another two to four years.
Gates says that just as in Iraq, the U.S. will turn over provinces to homegrown security forces, allowing the United States to bring the number of troops down steadily.
Paranoid and reclusive North Korea will try to defend what groups and governments see as a systemic abuse of human rights in the country when it faces unprecedented questioning at the United Nations on Monday.
North Koreas suspected human rights abuses have often been overshadowed by sputtering talks to end the mercurial states atomic ambitions and [...]
President Barack Obamas July 2011 date for beginning to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan is not a “drop-dead deadline” but a message to Kabul about the urgency of fielding an army to defend the country, senior U.S. officials said on Sunday.
The Democratic president and his top advisors have faced sharp Republican criticism since Obama announced [...]
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT M. GATES
[*] SCHIEFFER: Today on “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the new surge in Afghanistan.
SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Then Ill have a final word on understanding Tiger. But first, Clinton and Gates, together, on “Face the Nation.
